How to Use Dropbox: A Step-by-Step Guide

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How to use
Dropbox
1

First, create
an account
2

You can use
any browser
3

But I suggest Google Chrome or
Firefox
Chrome Firefox
4

In this
tutorial I’ll
use Chrome
5

Open your browser
6

Type dropbox in the URL
7

Select google search
8

Select Dropbox
9

This is the site
10

There are two
types of
account in
Dropbox
11

One is “Free”
and the other
is “Business”
12

We’ll take a
glimpse at
“Dropbox
Business”
13

Click try Dropbox Business free
14

In Dropbox Business, they have
three pricing plans
15

Pro
Quarterly Annual
16

Business
Quarterly Annual
17

Enterprise
18

You can
select of this
three plans
19

If you want
more Gb
20

To save files
on Dropbox
21

Basically,
dropbox only
offers 2gb for
free account
22

In this
tutorial, we
will use the
free account
23

Click “Get Dropbox Basic”
24

Create an account
25

Type in your first name
26

Your last name
27

Your email
28

Your desired password
29

Tick checkmark to Dropbox terms
30

Click create an account
31

You can also sign-up using google
account
32

We are
redirected to
download
dropbox
software
33

Click download Dropbox
34

This is the Dropbox installer file
35

Open the file location
36

This is the dropbox installer exe,
around 673kb
37

To install the software, right click
38

And click open
39

Wait until the full software is
downloaded and installed
40

Download completed
41

Installation starts
42

After installation, you’ll see this set
up dialog box
43

Sign in, enter your email here
44

Enter your password here
45

Click Sign in
46

Your installation is successful
47

Click open my dropbox
48

Click get started
49

Click next
50

Click next
51

Click next
52

Lastly, click finish
53

This will be the Dropbox folder
location
55

Drive C >
Users > PC
Username >
Dropbox
56

You can now
sync your
files in any
platform
57

Such as ios,
andriod,
windows and
mac
58

Aside from
that here are
some of its
uses
59

You can file
share to your
teams or
other person
60

To share a file, open the Dropbox
folder
61

Double click this
62

This is the Dropbox folder
63

We will share this folder to other
Dropbox user
64

Right click the folder to be shared
65

Select Dropbox share icon
66

Type in here the email of other
Dropbox user
67

Then click invite
68

To the other Dropbox user, he will
received email notification
69

Open the email notification
70

Click “Go to folder”
71

At the right upper side of Dropbox
72

Click notification icon
73

A dropdown box will appear
74

Click add to Dropbox
75

Now, you can see the shared folder
on your dropbox
76

It’s simple to
share a file
on dropbox
77

And your file is safe
78

Even if your computer broke
79

All files you have saved in dropbox
80

You can
access
anytime on
the web
81

Next feature is Dropbox and
Wordpress
82

We will back
up Wordpress
database
83

And save it to Dropbox and back up
Wordpress
84

Open your Wordpress dashboard
85

On this sidebar, look for plugins
86

Select plugins > Add new
87

On this searchbar, type in
“Updraftplus”
88

Select “Updraftplus Wordpress
Backup”
89

Click “Install Now”
90

Then “Activate”
91

On Plugins menu, scroll down
92

And look for “Updraftplus-
Backup/Restore”
93

Click “Settings”
94

Look for “Settings” tab and click it
95

Select Dropbox as remote storage
96

Scroll down again and click “Save
Changes”
97

A dialog box will appear
98

Click this inside dialog box
99

This link will show up
100

Click “Allow” to connect
Updraftplus to dropbox app
101

Click “Complete setup”
102

Now we will try to backup
Wordpress Database
103

Click “Backup Now”
104

A dialog box appears
105

Confirm backup by clicking
“Backup now button”
106

Backup process starts
107

After the
backup
process is
done
108

Check the Dropbox folder
109

A new “Apps” folder was created
110

Double-click to open this folder
111

Inside app folder is
“UpdraftPlus.com” folder
112

Double-click to open
113

As you can see
114

Backup files was successfully save
on Dropbox
115

These are
some of the
features of
Dropbox
116

How to Use Dropbox: A Step-by-Step Guide

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